by Lione Clare | Jul 9, 2020 | Food Sustainability, Local Foods Challenge
Words, recipes, and images by Artist Lisa Schramek Adams. View Lisa’s beautiful Artwork and blog here. She is currently working on a series of watercolors featuring gathered wild food. Rainy Southeast Alaskan summer days give rhubarb the moisture and cool...
by Lione Clare | Jun 30, 2020 | Food Sustainability, Local Foods Challenge
Media and text by Scott Brylinski Beach asparagus (Salicornia pacifica) is arguably the single best wild green we have in our area. It is delicious, tender, abundant, easy to identify and gather in quantity, has no poisonous look alikes, and lends itself to a...
by Lione Clare | Jun 18, 2020 | Food Sustainability, Local Foods Challenge
Photos and text by Jennifer Nu Got chickweed? Yes? Why thank you for providing a perfect habitat for one of my favorite superfoods. Maybe I’ll show up on your doorstep with scissors and a large cloth bag in hand. In past years, I have been blessed to find bags...
by Lione Clare | Jun 15, 2020 | Food Sustainability, Local Foods Challenge
This week, the Alaskans Own Community Supported Fishery (CSF) delivered its first monthly seafood shares to members in Fairbanks, Anchorage, Juneau, Sitka, and Seattle. This summer’s seafood shares will include some of Southeast Alaska’s most prized seafood...
by Lione Clare | Jun 12, 2020 | Food Sustainability, Local Foods Challenge
Photos and Text by Jennifer Nu Hello dandelions! All parts of the ubiquitous dandelion plant are edible. It just depends on the time of year. Flowers have been up awhile now. Some of my favorite preparations of dandelion flowers include dandelion vinegar,...
by Lione Clare | Jun 11, 2020 | Food Sustainability, Local Foods Challenge
Photos and text by Scotty Brylinsky. Several wild mustards grow in our area. They pack a lot of flavor punch for their small size, and really jazz up a salad or starry. Three of the more common are scurvy-grass (cochlearia officinalis), Alaska baby’s...
